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woe

  [woh]
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–noun
1. grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
2. an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
–interjection
3. an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wo (interj. and n.), OE wā (interj.) (cf. wellaway ); c. D wee, G Weh, ON vei, L vae

Synonyms:
1. anguish, tribulation, trial, wretchedness, melancholy. See sorrow.

Antonyms:
1. joy.
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woe   (wō)   
n.  

  1. Deep distress or misery, as from grief; wretchedness. See Synonyms at regret.

  2. Misfortune; calamity: economic and political woes.

interj.  Used to express sorrow or dismay.

[Middle English wa, wo, from Old English wā, woe!.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

woe 
O.E. wa, a common exclamation of lament in many languages (cf. L. væ, Gk. oa, Ger. weh, Lettish wai, O.Ir. fe, Welsh gwae, Armenian vay). The noun is attested from c.1175, from the interjection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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